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This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is waiting to hear back from one of the most influential yet least well-known figures in this year’s health care reform debate: Douglas Elmendorf, the director of the Congressional Budget Office. Continue reading →

A key component of President Obama’s health reform overhaul faces a vote next week in the Senate Finance Committee after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office gave it an upbeat assessment. Continue reading →

The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on a sweeping revamp of the U.S. health care system as the debate over President Barack Obama’s top domestic policy enters a new stage. Continue reading →

The Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform plan would cost $829 billion over 10 years, but would meet President Barack Obama’s goal of reducing the federal budget deficit by 2019, according to a cost estimate released Wednesday. Continue reading →

A key feature within health care proposals emerging from Congress and the White House is a mandate for all Americans to purchase insurance. But is a mandate a tax? Two experts discuss the topic with Gwen Ifill. Continue reading →

Following is the text of Louisiana Rep. Charles Boustany’s GOP response to President Obama’s health reform address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, as distributed to news organizations. Continue reading →

Democratic leaders in Congress clashed Thursday with Congressional Budget Office director Doug Elmendorf over his statement that the legislation coming out of the House and Senate this week would significantly raise federal spending on health care. Continue reading →